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Ten teams compete not only for the glory of the title but for a greater number of places for the Women’s World Cup and the Olympic Games. Brazil, the one that has lifted the trophy the most times, arrives in full transformation together with an experienced Argentina and a Colombia that wants to leave a mark at home.
South America has its particular date with the rising moment that women’s soccer is experiencing globally.
2022 is the year of the new world attendance record for a women’s game and also the year of the historic joint agreement in the United States Soccer Federation. But in this part of the world, it is still far from the 91,648 fans that Barcelona gathered in the Women’s Champions League and it is still utopian to think of some kind of pact that resembles that of the North Americans.
However, Colombia receives a tournament that is going through its own process of consolidation. It is the first edition of the Women’s Copa América which will have cash prizeswith a sum of 1.5 million dollars for the champions and 500,000 dollars for the runners-up.
Between July 8 and 30, ten teams will be measured for a championship that does not have a clear favorite and, moreover, with very attractive qualifying places.
In this edition, the three best teams resulting from the competition will go directly to the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, while the fourth and fifth teams will advance to an international playoff. It will be in this cup that for the first time there will be 32 teams.
On the other hand, both the champion and the runner-up of the Copa América Femenina will have their ticket for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Thus, the road to the two biggest events in women’s football begins on coffee soil.
Brazil, the champion in full transformation, puts its historical weight to the test
With seven titles won out of eight disputed in the history of the Copa América Femenina, Brazil is the undoubted queen of South America. But in this match they will not have Marta, Cristiane and Formiga for the first time in a decade of official competition. The first two players are injured and the last one retired.
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That trio of legends ushers in a young generation that has Geyse Ferreira as one of its main banners. The striker has just strengthened the ranks of Barcelona, the champion of everything in Spain and a finalist in the most recent Women’s Champions League. At 24 years old, she has just been proclaimed top scorer in the Iberdrola League with 20 goals in the campaign played with Madrid CFF.
And if it’s about history, the other selection to mention in this section is Argentina, the only one that has been able to avoid the full championships of the Brazilians.
The Albiceleste clings to Stephanie Banini, his legend. The 32-year-old midfielder is the pillar of a team that scored its first points in this cup at the 2019 World Cup in France. The Atlético de Madrid player returned to the national team in March, after nearly three years of absence due to discrepancies with former coach Carlos Borrello. For her performance last year, Banini was recognized as part of the FIFA ideal team.
Of course, both Brazil and Argentina arrive in Colombia with questions. The ‘Canarinha’ lost their two friendlies against Denmark and Sweden, while Argentina did not play any public match before the competition.
Colombia, Chile and Venezuela fight to make history
The hosts recognize that they are going to fight for the title. the front ones leicy santosfrom Atletico Madrid, and Catalina Usme, from América de Cali, are the main stars of a call marked by an alleged veto of those players who have been critical of the situation of women’s soccer in the country. This is the case of Isabella Echeverri, Natalia Gaitán or Vanessa Córdoba, all with international careers. Runners-up in 2010 and 2014, the Colombian National Team has just lost two friendlies against the United States.
Chile has the experience of having played its first World Cup and its first Olympic Games. They were the appointments of France and Tokyo, which give additional value to a team that organized the edition of the Copa América in 2018 and in which it was second (its best performance to date).
His figure and captain is Christiane Endler, the current winner of the FIFA award for best goalkeeper. She was a key player in achieving the Women’s Champions League that Olympique de Lyon won last season against Barcelona.
The australes do not arrive at the Women’s Copa América with a good taste in their mouths. They organized two friendly matches against Venezuela in Chilean territory and lost in both cases: 0-1 and 1-3.
Precisely, ‘La Vinotino’ is going through a good moment. the front ones Deyna Catellas Y Oriana Altuve They did not make the absence of their partner Joemar Guarecuco, who was not called up due to injury, felt in these duels.
Deyna has just taken a big leap in her career by signing with Manchester City in England, where she will share a team with Ellen White, one of the stars of the English team.
The Fixture of the Women’s Copa América Colombia 2022
Group A is made up of Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Bolivia. In Group B are Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina and Uruguay.
2022! 🗓🤩
Get ready and take note that there is less and less to go until the end of the week.
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The two best teams from each group advance to the semifinals and the subsequent fight for the title, while the two teams that are located in the third box of each group will dispute the fifth place and therefore the last playoff place for the World Cup.
with EFE
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